blaesus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βλαισός (blaisós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈblae̯.sus/, [ˈbɫ̪äe̯s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈble.sus/, [ˈblɛːs̬us]

Adjective

blaesus (feminine blaesa, neuter blaesum); first/second-declension adjective

1. lisping, stammering
   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata 5.34.7-8:

     inter tam veterēs lūdat lascīva patrōnōs
     et nōmen blaesō garriat ōre meum.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	blaesus	blaesa	blaesum		blaesī	blaesae	blaesa
genitive	blaesī	blaesae	blaesī		blaesōrum	blaesārum	blaesōrum
dative	blaesō	blaesae	blaesō		blaesīs
accusative	blaesum	blaesam	blaesum		blaesōs	blaesās	blaesa
ablative	blaesō	blaesā	blaesō		blaesīs
vocative	blaese	blaesa	blaesum		blaesī	blaesae	blaesa

Descendants

• Italian: bleso

References

• “blaesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• blaesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.